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Kyrgios, Tomic overlooked for medal

Controversial duo Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic have been left off the list of six nominees for the Newcombe Medal, which is awarded to the "most outstanding elite tennis player and ambassador" in Australia.

Kyrgios received a 28-day suspended sentence and was fined $US25,000 ($A35,600) for making offensive comments in a match against Swiss star Stan Wawrinka.

Tomic was dumped from the Australian Davis Cup team for the quarter-final against Kazakhstan following a rant against senior Tennis Australia officials at Wimbledon.

The six nominees for the Newcombe Medal include Samantha Stosur, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Casey Dellacqua and Sam Groth